Metal Casting Engineer

Metal casters produce components using the traditional skills of patternmaking and casting.

Careers information

What do they do?

Metal casting engineers produce parts from molten metal and test, control and adjust the chemical make-up of the metal. They use traditional and modern techniques and a high level of skill.

A typical day

Normally an eight-hour day; sometimes working longer may be required.

Work can include reading, interpreting and creating design drawings, producing replicas, before making moulds, selecting the metals, inspecting, testing and repairing castings, then tempering, hardening, polishing and coating the final product.

You will learn about all sorts of materials; metals, woods, clays, plastics and resins.

Sound like you?

Study areas

Attributes

Helpful experience

Preferred work environments

English or Media or History

Maths or Accounting or Economics

Sciences or Workshop Technologies

Computing/ICT/Information Management

Reasonable strength and fitness

Good literacy and numeracy

Confidence with IT, computers, technology

Good work habits/time management

Making or fixing things

Working with machinery

Inside (workshop or plant)

Career pathway

School

Entry level jobs

Advancing jobs

Senior jobs

Ideally, NCEA Level 2 in:

Maths

Science (physics)

Technology (metal work)

English

Foundryman

Pattern Maker

Mould Maker

Metal worker

Metal Forger

Blacksmith

Metal Extruder

Metal Worker

Specialist Engineer

Supervisor

Leading Hand

Workshop Supervisor

Welding Supervisor

Foreman

Site Supervisor

Business Manager

Business Owner

Unit/Achievement standards in schools

Apprenticeship

Higher learning

Higher learning

Gateway programme available

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